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Cupressopathes black coral (no English common name)
Cupressopathes pumila
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 289762, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Cupressopathes black coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Cupressopathes pumila
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Black corals
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A bushy black coral with dense, cypress-like branchlets arranged in rows around the stems. It grows on deeper reef walls. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Cupressopathes-pumila.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289762
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.